Types of adjectives

 

Adjective and kinds of adjective

 
Types of adjectives 

in this article you will about the types of adjectives with proper explanations and examples 

Adjective definition:

An adjective is a word that is used to add something to the noun or pronoun to show their meaning

For example

Ahmed is brave 

There are thirty boys in this class

Here in sentence 1, brave is used as an adjective, and in the second sentence, thirty is an adjective. 

So we can say that a word used with a noun or pronoun to describe or point out the person place animal or thing with the noun names or tell number or quantity is called an adjective.

Kinds of adjective

adjective of quantity :

 adjective of quantity shows how much of things is mean 

For example

He ate some rice 

Aslam has little intelligence

Anwar has lost all his wealth

You should take care of your health 

Amjad has no sense 

(2) Adjective of number: 

Adjective of number ( numeral adjective) describes how many persons or things are meant or in what a person or things stands 

For example

Few dogs like cold weather

Most boys like football 

There are seven days in a week

There are several mistakes in this exercise

Generally, the adjective of number answer the questions how much many 

There are three types of the adjective of number

 Definite numeral adjective

This type of adjective defines an exact number.

One two three four five six etc. are called cardinals 

The first, second, third, fourth, fifth etc. are called ordinals

Indefinite numeral adjective

This type of adjective does not define an exact number

For example, All many any some sundry several no few some 

Distributive numeral adjective

This type of adjective refers to each one of a number 

 for example, as follow

Each girl must take his turn 

Each, every, either, either, are an example of a distributive numeral adjective.

Demonstrative adjective 

Demonstrative adjective generally shows which person or thing is meant as

Ali is stronger than Anwar 

That girl is industrious 

These grapes are sour 

He hates such things 

Demonstrative adjective answers the question which?

Interrogative adjective 

The type of adjective that is used with a noun to ask questions is called an interrogative adjective.

For example

What which whose whom when is an interrogative adjective.

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